<html><head><title>readtext</title><meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True"></head><body>Reads text and image values, starting from a specified offset and reading a specified numer of bytes or characters.<br><br><b>readtext</b> [[database.]owner.]table.column text_pointer offset size [<b>holdlock</b> | <b>noholdlock</b>] [<b>readpast</b>] [<b>using</b> {<b>bytes</b> | <b>chars</b> | <b>characters</b>}] [<b>at</b> <b>isolation</b> { [<b>read</b> <b>uncommitted</b> | <b>0</b>] | [<b>read</b> <b>committed</b> | <b>1</b>] | [<b>repeatable</b> <b>read</b> | <b>2</b>] | [<b>serializable</b> | <b>3</b>]}]</body></html>